Acts 14:28:3Acts.14.28.W3TAB
χρόνον
khronon
“time”
- Transliteration
- KHRO-non
- Extended
- KHROH-nohn
- IPA
- /ˈkʰro.non/
Meaning by language
- English
- time
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Alphabet Analysis
| Chi | h/kh — like Bach | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
KHRO-non
- sentence
di-E-tri-bon de KHRO-non ouk o-LI-gon syn tois ma-thê-TAIS
Exegesis
The object chronon ouk oligon {χρόνον οὐκ ὀλίγον | khró-non ouk o-lí-gon} is an accusative of extent of time, with the idiomatic litotes ouk oligon ‘not little’ intensifying duration into “considerable” time.
In context — Acts 14:28
And they spent no little time with the disciples .
About this coordinate
Acts 14:28:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Acts 14:28, so the Greek word χρόνον (khronon) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Acts.14.28.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Acts.14.28.W3.S1) and character.